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Description: | Cast copper alloy dress accessory or strap fitting of probable Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (500-1050). The fitting is irregular in plan, bowed in profile and D shaped in cross section. The edges of the fitting are beveled. It measures 21.4mm in length, 23.8mm width and is 1.9mm thick. It weighs 4.01 grams.
The shape of the fitting in plan is broadly sub triangular with the apex of the triangle tapering and then expanding into a semi-circular projection. The upper part of the fitting curves back to form a sub-rectangular U shaped hook. The front face of the fitting is decorated with a series of punched decorations. The majority of these are obscured by a light green corrosion product. The only clear and complete element is an irregular ring and dot style motif. This is formed from a central annulet (hollow ring) within a punched broken circle / ring. It seems that this ring is made up of 5 curvi-linear parts. The reverse of the fitting is undecorated and plain.
The fitting or dress accessory is a light green colour with a very abraded and corroded patina that covers all surfaces. There are a number of areas of light green powdery active corrosion present on both faces of the artefact. The reverse of the fitting has a large amount of encrusted corrosion present. The lower part of the fitting (around the semi-circular projection at the base) has been abraded and bent. This has resulted in the fitting becoming asymmetrical in plan. Although no direct parallel has been found in published reports a very similar example was recorded by the PAS in Shropshire (reference HESH-6E0600). | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 500
1050 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Peter Reavill | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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